Applicator



Dec. 28, 1937.

Filed Sept. 16, 1935 s. w. HUGHES APPLIC-ATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ji'ewari'W li z ylzes M Ii/M Dec. 28, 1937.- s. w. HUGHES APPLIGATOR Filed Sept.16, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 28, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENToF-F 2,103,261 I I APPLICATOR .Stewart W. Hughes, Evanston, Ill.Application September 16, 1935, Serial No. 40,760 8 (llaims. (Cl.128-65) This invention relates generally to cream applicators adaptedfor use with cleansing, massaging and shaving creams and the like; andit relates more particularly to a combination supply container anddischarge head, by means of which the cream may be fed out at willdirectly to the face of the user and then, by appropriate manipulationand pressure, spread upon the face with a corresponding simultaneousmassage efiect.

'The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form oftoilet applicator which shall be adapted to deposit appropriate materialdirectly on the face of the user and which may then be used to spreadthe material uniformly over the face and simultaneously massage the skinupon movement of the applicator thereon; to provide such a device inwhich the massaging and spreading element and the container may becomplementary; to provide such a device which shall give a rollingmassage effect by manipulation on the face; and to provide such a devicewhich shall be simple in construction andoperation and inexpensive tomanufacture.

This invention will be explained in connection with the use of abrushless shaving cream. Heretofore in applying shaving cream to theface, it was customarily spread with a brush and then rubbed into theskin by the fingers to soften the beard; or in the case of a brushlessshavingcream the material was spread on and rubbed in with the fingers.

It will be seen that using the device of this invention automaticallyspreads the material on the face and massages the skin, and at the sametime softens the beard, thus supplanting the old, unsanitary and messymethods of present day practice.

This invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of one embodiment of my improved applicatortaken on the line l-l of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top View thereof. I

Fig. 3 is an axial sectional view showing the head, one of the rollersand the cap, all mutually spaced in their assembling relation.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a pair of dies, male and female, togetherwith a slug of metal to be formed thereby, the male die being shown indotted outline.

Fig. 5 is an axial sectional view of a modified form of my invention. r

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of another form of my invention taken on theline 6-6 of Fig. 7.

above the face of the cap.

Fig; '7 isa top view of the form of my invention shown in Fig. 6 withthe cover removed,

Fig; 8' is a sectional view of anotherform of my invention. I r

Fig. 9 is a sectional. view of still another form of my invention.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the device of Figs. 1 to 4 consistsof acontainer I having a head 2 formed integral. with the container.Said container l' is in the form of a tube, although '10 it is to beunderstood that it maybe made in any shape, size or form. i

This container I and head 2 are formed by what is known as the extrusionmethod. The female die 3 (see Fig. 4) is formed with a central cavity 5and three semi-spherical protrusions 4, each of the latter beingprovided with a depression 6.

The male die I is conicaland has a longneck 8. A slug of ductile metal 9such as aluminum' or the like of predetermined thickness is placed inthe die 3 and the die 1 is forcibly'applied thereto. The metal-slicingductile .willfspread and form the head 2 and the excess metal :will beforced'rearwardly between the sides of the male and female dies toformthe tubular container 1. The lower portion-of Fig. 3 illustrates theappearance of the tube and head after it has been removed from the die.

Spherical rollers I0 such as glass; composition or metal balls, agatemarbles orlthe likeare in- 'serted in the sockets II and rest on thebearing protrusions I2 located one-in each socket so a'sv to space theballs away from the walls.

A cap or roller retaining means l3 of any suitable material such as hardrubber or the like, is frictionally seated on the head 2, but it mightbe locked to the head by any securing means. Said cap is provided withapertures I4 toallow'a portion of each corresponding rollers ID toproject 40 A threaded plug l5 of any suitable material, such as hardrubber, metal or the like, is seated in the discharge or, feedapertureI6 so as to prevent theremoval of the contents when the device 4 is notin use. 5 When the container is to be filled with cream or the like itis customarily forced therein and the bottom thereof sealed. 'i

In operation, the plug [6 is removed and the container grasped in thehand of the'user and ,50 squeezed so that the material therein will beejected through the aperture l6 directly on the face of the user andthen,without restoring the plug, the tube is manlpulatedfltwill acrossthe face, whereupon. with a slight pressure against ing ,afeed aperturthe skin, the rollers will rotate within the sockets and simultaneouslyspread the material on the face, massage the skin and soften the beard.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the rollers are free torotate in any direction either sidewise, forward or backward, dependingon the direction of movement of the hand 'manipulating the tube; andthat all ordinary toilet creams may be used with this device in asimilar manner.

Referring to the embodiment of Fig. 5 the head 2' is detachable from thecontainer I, being screw connected as at H. also provided with athreaded outlet aperture l6 so that the contents of the tube may besecured by a threaded plug before the head is attached. The head 2' isformed in a similar manner asthe head shown in Fig. 1, with theexception that the cap I3 is externally threaded to receive the cover18. -I'n the embodiment of Figs..6 and'l the material in the containerI" is fed directly to the rollers ID.- The coverl8 is internallythreaded as at l9 so that it may be screwed onto the externally threadedcap l3. The cap l3"'is provided with grooves or notches 20 toaccommodate passage of the material in the container I" past the rollersIn".

'In the Fig. 8 embodiment only one massage roller lll-a is employed.Here the head 2a has anannular shoulder 2| threaded so as to receive thecorrespondingly threaded cap l3a. As will be apparent, the cap may beremoved from the container and the roller and socket Ha may be readilycleaned. A cover I8" is formed and arrangedto' enclose the said head androller.

In the embodiment of Fig. 9 the material is placed in a pressurecontainer 22 and flows through a tube 23 to head :2b. A valve '24controls the discharge of material from the con- "tainer 22 to theroller IUb. As will be apparent, this feature may be embodied in any ofthe devices shown by a simple modification.

It is to be understood that some of the details set forth maybe alteredor omitted without departing from the spirit of the inventionasdefinedby the following claims. r

1. A toilet article comprising a container have e at one end, a housingmeans surrounding said 7 feed aperture, and massage rollers mounted onsaidhousing means and sur- V rounding said feed aperture whereby saidrollers will rotate freely in any direction.

2. As a toilet article of the class described an applicator adaptedto beremovably secured to I a container and having a medial discharge feedaperture and laterally disposed massage rollers on its outer face, ahousing means forpositioning said rollersadjacent the periphery of saidapplicator and surrounding said feed aperture, whereby said rollers willrotate freely in any direction. V a

3. A device of the class described comprising in combination a containerand an applicator, the former-being adapted for the storage of anappropriate material and the latter having a head thereon adapted toserve as a closure for the device, said head having an outlet passageand a plurality of sockets in the upper face of said head, rollersseated one in each of the sockets and a roller retainer cap seated onsaid head and provided with apertures through which said rollersproject. 7 V

'4.'-A device of theclass described comprisilig Said container l' is incombination a container and an applicator, the former being adapted forthe storage of an appropriate material and the latter having a headthereon adapted to serve as a closure, said head having a central outletpassage and a plurality of sockets in the face of said'head, a pluralityof rollers seated onein each of the sockets and a retainer cap seated onsaid head and provided with apertures through which said rollersproject. 7

5. A device -of the class described comprising 'in combination 'acontainer and an applicator having a head thereon adapted to serve as ac closure for said container, said head having a central outlet passageand a plurality of sockets in the face of said head surrounding theoutlet passage, rollers seated one in each of the sockets and aretainer-cap seated on said head and provided with apertures throughwhich said rollers project.

'6. A device of the class'described comprising in combination acontainer and an applicator, the former being adapted, for the storageof an appropriate material and the latter having a head thereon adaptedto. serve as a closure and an outlet-passage for the material in saidcon- .tainer, said head having a pluralityof semispherical sockets inthe facev thereof, rollers adapted to be seated one in each of thesockets, a cap seated 'onsaidhead and provided with perforatory'apertures through which said-rollers project and said cap also beingadapted to retain said rollers in the sockets, and means on the distalends of the sockets providing a bearing for said rollers and spacingsaid rollers away from the walls-of the sockets.

'7. A device of the class described comprising in combinationacontainer'and an'ap'plicator, the formerbeing adapted for the storage ofan appropriatematerial and the latter having a head thereon adapted toserve as a closure and having an internally threaded outlet passage forthe material "in said container, -a plurality of semi-spherical socketsin'the upper surface of said head, a plurality of rollers adapted to beseated one in eachof the sockets, a cap seated on said head and providedwith apertures through which'said rollers project and said cap alsobeing adapted to retain said rollers in-said socketsgmeans on the distalends of the sockets providing a bearing for said rollers and spacingsaid rollers awayfrom thewalls-of the sockets, and a removableexternallythreaded plug'seated in the outlet passage.

8. A device of the class described-comprising in combination a containerand an applicator, the former being adapted for the storage of-anappropriate -material and the latter having a head thereon adapted toserve as a closure therefor and having a central internally threadeddischarge feed aperture therein, said head also being provided with aplurality of semi-spherical spaced sockets locatedin the upper face ofsaid head. and surrounding the discharge aperture, a plurality ofrollers seated one in each of the sockets, a' roller retainer cap seatedon'said head and provided with. apertures therein through which saidrollers project, means integrally formed on the distal ends of thesockets providing a bearing'for said rollers and also spacing saidrollers awayfrom the walls of--the sockets 'and'a removable externallythreaded plug 'seated in the discharge feed aperture.

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